Young Shomrai Emunah - Shabbos Shorts June 5 - 6, 2020 - 14 Sivan 5780 - Parshas Nasso Light Candles by 8:13 - Havdalah 9:20

The Shabbos Shorts is sponsored this week by Weekday Shiurim Options for remote learning are listed below. For the latest list, go Joey Franco Mortgage Banker - 301-529-5387 to https://wp.yise.org/remote-learning-schedule/  Rosenbaum - Daily - one chapter of Tehillim followed by a 15-minute Shiur on the Parsha. Sunday 9:00 AM/Monday Mazal Tov through Friday 8:30 AM - Zoom A.  Rabbi Rosenbaum - Daily - one chapter of Tehillim, followed • Florence Binstock Avigan on the birth of a great-granddaughter, Ella by a 15-minute Halacha Shiur. Sunday through Thursday, 7:30 Rachel, born to parents Sara & Yisroel Shulman. Mazal Tov also to PM - Zoom A. great-aunt & uncle Karen & Howie Schulman and to all of the family.  Rabbi Rosenbaum’s Mussar Study Group for Women • Lucy & Bernie Blitzstein on the birth of a grandson, Nathan Isaac, (spiritual self-improvement), Sundays at 9:30 AM, Zoom A. born to their children Dana & Steven Blitzstein of Highland Park, IL.  Rabbi Rosenbaum’s Gemara Shiur for Men, Tuesdays and Mazal Tov also to big sister Betty. Fridays, 6:00 AM, Zoom A. • Esther Edeson on the graduation of her grandson, Max Edeson, son of  Rabbi Rosenbaum’s Nach Shiur, Wednesdays at 11:00 AM, Nathan & Helene Edeson, from Columbia University with a BS in Zoom A. Biochemistry. Mazal Tov to the entire Edeson & Stern families.  Rabbi Rosenbaum’s Women’s Chumash Navi Shiur, now • Debby & Barry Greengart on the Bar of their grandson, studying Sefer Yehoshua,Wednesdays at 8:00 PM, Zoom A. Akiva Greengart, son of Leah & Avi Greengart of Teaneck, NJ.  Rabbi Silver’s Parsha Shiur for men & women, a mix of • Lea & Paul Lieberman on the graduation of their grandchildren from Halacha and Aggada. Tuesdays at 7:30 PM. For more details, contact [email protected] Zoom B. their respective schools: Jason Lieberman from Cornell University, Summa Cum Laude; Daniel Brandsdorfer from Georgia Tech; Jennifer  GWCK Sunday Kollel Brunch and Learn for Men and Women - Sunday mornings, 9:30 AM Lieberman from Katz Yeshiva HS, Boca Raton; Jessica Brandsdorfer  Unraveling the Navi with Rabbi Hillel Shaps, Zoom C. from Quince Orchard HS.  Rabbi Tuvia Grauman - Rabbi Hyatt’s Gemara Shiur, Sundays • Marion & Fred Miller on the marriage of their daughter, Adena Rivka, at 10:00 AM, Zoom I. to Eiden Tal, son of Chaya Tal & Yoseph Yishai Hilsen of Albany, NY.  Rabbi Yonatan Zakem’s Shiur for men & women, Pearls of Mazal Tov to Adena’s grandparents, Annie & Ted Parker and Eva Miller. Prayer, exploring the depth and meaning of our daily prayers. Mazal Tov to all of Adena & Eiden’s siblings and extended family.  Sunday evenings, 7:30 PM, Zoom H.  GWCK presents CLAS (Community Learning at Shomrai) - 8:15 PM - 9:15 PM. For more info. contact Rabbi Hillel Shaps, Shabbos Schedule [email protected] 347-869-9361. Note that Davening times are listed for reference so that people may Daven at  For Men & Women - Zoom D (except as noted): the same time as others. There are no Minyanim at YISE at this time.  Mondays: Rabbi E. Gayer - A to Z of Jewish Living Friday Night:  Mondays: (for men only) Rabbi H. Shaps, On the Same Page • Light Candles by 8:13, and not before Plag, 6:58 Gemara, Zoom C. • Mincha:  Tuesdays: Rabbi Winter - Torah Topics Ashkenazi: 6:45, 7:20, 8:20 Sephardi: 7:00 Sefard: 7:00  Wednesdays: Rabbi Grossman - Reading Responsa If you Daven Kabbalos Shabbos prior to Shkia (8:38 PM), it is  Thursdays: Rabbi Grossman - Parshas Hashavua preferable to Daven Mincha prior to Plag (6:58 PM).  For Women - Zoom E:  Mondays: Mrs. Sara Malka Winter - Tehillim: An in-depth Shabbos Day: analysis • Shacharis: Ashkenazi: 7:00, 8:00, 8:45, 9:15 Youth: 9:15  Tuesdays: Mrs. Sara Malka Winter - Bereishis in-Depth Sephardi: 7:45 Nusach Sefard: 7:00  Semichat Chaver Program, Tuesdays at 9:00 PM with Rabbi • Mincha: Silver. For more information, please contact Rabbi Binyamin Ashkenazi: 2:30, 5:00, 8:10 Sephardi: 8:10 Nusach Sefard: 8:10 Silver: [email protected] or Rabbi Hillel Shaps: [email protected] - Zoom A. • Shabbos ends: 9:20  The Golden Network Presents: Rabbi Barry Greengart’s Shiur on Daily Halachos for men & women, Tuesdays 9:15 AM, Zoom F.  Rabbi Yitzchak Scher’s Shiur for Men and Women, COVID-19 Updates Tuesdays, 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM, “A Second Look- Stories in the  Planning for Shul reopening has begun. Go to Torah from a Deeper Perspective”, Zoom G. https://wp.yise.org/planning-for-shul-reopening/ for more details. Connection Details: Go to https://zoom.us/join/ and enter the meeting  All public activities at YISE are cancelled, including Minyanim, Youth ID, or call 301-715-8592 and enter the meeting ID & password: Groups, Shiurim and special events. Zoom A: ID: 416 963 9000, password 492019  The Shul office is still open, but hours may vary. Zoom B: ID: 784 431 8176  Please continue to be vigilant regarding matters of personal hygiene as Zoom C: ID: 349 754 2180, password GWCK previously advised. If you are unwell, please do not enter the Shul or Zoom D: ID: 746 455 2195, password GWCK other public places. We urge you to adhere to all medical advice you Zoom E: ID: 601 853 4021, password Winter may receive regarding self-quarantine. Zoom F: ID: 970 1398 4837, password 613 Let us Daven to Hashem to keep all of us in good health and to return our lives Zoom G: ID: 713 7408 5130, password 045079 to normal as soon as possible. In protecting each other as we navigate this Zoom H: ID: 269 840 3648, password 8tCqF6 unfolding situation, may we grow stronger as individuals and as a community. Zoom I: ID: 834 8407 1267, password RabbiHyatt YISE Programs and Listings Helping Hands Across Kemp Mill is a part of YISE's Chesed Committee. The program helps members undergoing serious medical crises. We are always looking for volunteers to help. To be a part of this program by helping with meals, visitation, shopping, childcare, etc., contact: Melanie Karlin, 301-681-4740, [email protected] or Miriam Friedman, 301-754-1517, [email protected] The Rachel Bassan Horwitz Fund is used for medical needs in our area, elsewhere in the US, and in Israel. In order to continue this much- needed medical fund, your financial help is needed! Tax deductible contributions may be made payable to: YISE Charity SPECIAL Fund, c/o Norma Burdett, 11720 Lovejoy St., Silver Spring, MD 20902. Earmark: Bassan Fund. For more info: Norma Burdett, 301-593-5964 or Pearl Bassan, 301-649-3137. Shiurim from Rabbi Gedaliah Anemer, ZT”L, are available at http://audio.yise.org

Community Programs & Listings Free Webinars on Job Search - 12 Steps to a Successful Job Search (free self-paced tutorial from Montgomery College). For more information, go to: https://www.ed2go.com/mcdistance/online-courses/twelve-steps-to-successful-job-search-self-paced-free/ Webinar for Recent College Graduates - JobAssist, the Kemp Mill-based initiative to help job seekers, is assessing interest in a Zoom presentation for recent college graduates. If you are interested, please email David Marwick at [email protected] Remote Night Shiurim from YGW - Sunday 8:30 PM - 9:15 PM, Rabbi Moshe Chaim Blate; Monday/Wednesday 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM, Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky; Tuesday/Thursday 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM, Rabbi Eliyahu Reingold. Register at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1715843153121/WN_n6jNGqUpTpCN6ikCabUutA Shiur currently meets online via a WebEx video conference. There is still room for a few more participants. Anyone interested may email Judd Lifschitz at [email protected] to be added to the invite list. Sunday 7:00 AM, Monday - Thursday 9:00 PM, Friday 5:45 PM. Kemp Mill Toastmasters - Wednesday, June 10, 8:00 PM - 9:15 PM. See what Toastmasters is all about and find out how you can become a more confident communicator. Contact Manasseh Katz at [email protected] for more info. Zoom meeting ID: 986 546 841, password 3671. Partners in Tefillah matches people with others in need of similar assistance from Hashem. The feedback we have received so far has been amazing. You, too, can Daven for someone else in the community and have them Daven for you. May Hashem answer all your prayers. Please visit www.yadyehuda.org/partners-in-tefillah to learn more and to sign up. Capital Kosher Pantry - Due to the closure of schools and shuls, the usual steady flow of food donations to the Capital Kosher Pantry has significantly decreased. We’re greatly in need of the following very popular food products: Canned white tuna and salmon, sardines, plastic bottles of grape juice, pizza sauce, Near East brand rice mixes, crackers, cereal, whole grain and regular pasta (not spaghetti), Nature's Bakery fig bars. Please purchase these items from any store and then deposit them in one of our donation bins locations:  In front of: YISE, KMS, Woodside Shul  In Shalom Kosher, at the front of the store, or in Moti's Market, near the store entrance  In front of the Capital Kosher Pantry - 1910 University Blvd., West, Silver Spring, MD 20902. You can also purchase items online at Target, Amazon, Walmart and elsewhere and arrange shipment directly to Capital Kosher Pantry. Our online wishlist is at https://www.yadyehuda.org/pantry-wishlist.html Financial donations to Capital Kosher Pantry are always welcome too. We thank you for your continued generosity and Tizku L'Mitzvot! The Capital Kosher Pantry Team Community Website for COVID-19 www.covidgw.com In an effort to simplify access to the plethora of available resources for COVID-19 assistance and information, Yad Yehuda of Greater Washington has created a stand-alone website that includes a wide range of resources for the Greater Washington Jewish community. Please visit covidgw.com Information on the site is culled from many volunteers and sources from within our community. New information is being added regularly; please visit often to view updated information and resources. May we all merit Hashem's mercy during this challenging time. Please note: If you need assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out by visiting covidgw.com If you are not currently experiencing financial challenges, please consider a donation to assist others who are struggling during this crisis. Daily Halacha Program from Rabbi Eliyahu Reingold - Receive one every day in your inbox. Visit dvarhalacha.com and click “Sign Up.” Kemp Mill Village is providing friendly phone calls and limited deliveries during the pandemic. Call 1-833-KMV-20902 to request service or to volunteer. See kempmillvillage.org for more information. Silver Spring Gemachim - For a complete list: www.gemachexchange.com

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday The Week Ahead June 7 June 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 No Minyanim will take place at YISE next week. You are encouraged to Daven at home at your regular Minyan time. Mincha was scheduled for June 7 - 11 at 8:20 PM (Ashkenazi)/8:15 PM (Sephardi). Halachic Times: Earliest Talis and Tefillin: 4:38 AM, Latest Krias Shma: 9:24 AM, Earliest Mincha: 1:46 PM

Next Shabbos Next Shabbos Shorts Deadline: Wednesday, June 10 at 12:00 Noon Submit items for the Shabbos Shorts to: [email protected] June 12 - 13, 2020 - 21 Sivan 5780 Office Phone: 301-593-4465 Office Fax: 301-593-2330 Eruv line: 301-593-5561 Parshas Behaaloscha E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.yise.org Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Friday - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Light Candles: Friday by 8:16 Rabbi Dovid Rosenbaum Yale Ginsburg - President Havdalah: 9:24 Rabbi Binyamin Silver - Asst. Rabbi Simi Franco - Office Manager Dvar Torah Dedications/Sponsor a Shiur During this difficult time, we pray to Hashem that the day that we can all come together again in Tefillah and Torah study in good health arrives speedily. Until that point, YISE continues to offer a number of different remote learning options. These options are now available for sponsorship on an individual Shiur or a daily basis.

Our current inability to Daven with a Minyan and to say Kaddish is difficult and a challenge. However, sponsoring a Shiur or other Torah learning is a meaningful way to commemorate a Yahrtzeit or honor a loved one. Sponsorships are also a great way to celebrate a Simcha or any other milestone, while helping YISE at a time when many of the Shul's other sources of revenue are not available.

1. The following individual Shiurim are available for sponsorship at $18 (per day):

 Daily Morning (Sunday through Friday) Tehillim and Parsha Shiur  Daily Evening (Sunday through Thursday) Tehillim and Halacha Shiur  Rabbi Rosenbaum's Sunday Morning Mussar Study Group for Women  Rabbi Rosenbaum's Tuesday or Friday Morning Gemara Shiur for Men  Rabbi Rosenbaum's Wednesday Morning Nach Shiur  Rabbi Rosenbaum's Wednesday Night Chumash Navi Shiur for Women  Rabbi Silver's Tuesday Evening Parsha Shiur  Rabbi Silver's Daily Chizuk Dose on WhatsApp  Rabbi Grauman - Rabbi Hyatt’s Gemara Shiur, Sunday Morning

2. Sponsorship of the Morning and Evening Tehillim and Parsha/Halacha Shiurim together is available for $25.

3. The Pre-Shabbos Drasha video is available for sponsorship at $54.

Please email [email protected] to sponsor.

Thank you for your support.

Thank you to this past week’s Shiurim sponsors:

Rabbi Rosenbaum's morning and evening Tehillim/Shiur  Steve Kalin for a Refuah Shleimah for Leah bas Risa  Judy & Dr. David Marwick in memory of Avraham ben HaRav Osher Nissan HaLevi  Louis & Judy Morris to commemorate the Yahrtzeit of Louis’s mother, Esther Beila bas Shlomo Yoseph, on the eighth of Sivan  Jay Rogal and Debbie Rogal in commemoration of the Yahrzeit of Jay’s mother and Debbie’s grandmother, Belle Rogal  Barbara Price and Family to wish a Happy Birthday to Elliot Goodman

Rabbi Rosenbaum's Sunday morning Musar Shiur  Diana & Dr. Leonard Ruchelman in memory of Diana’s father, Fred Hoffberger, Shlomo Yaakov ben Yosef, Z”L

Rabbi Rosenbaum's Wednesday morning Nach Shiur  Chava & Howard Kern to commemorate the Yahrtzeit of Chava’s mother, Nechama Leah bas Aryeh, Z”L  Rose & Izzy Miller in memory of their parents, Selma & Harris Miller and Marguerite & Rabbi Manfred Wimer Z”L, and in honor of Rabbi Rosenbaum

Rabbi Rosenbaum’s Wednesday night women’s Navi Shiur  Chava & Howard Kern to commemorate the Yahrtzeit of Chava’s mother, Nechama Leah bas Aryeh, Z”L

Rabbi Rosenbaum’s Erev Shabbos Parsha Drasha  Simi & Sammy Franco in honor of Bev Morris & Art Boyars in gratitude for all they do for the YISE and the Eruv  Debby & Rabbi Barry Greengart in honor of their grandson Akiva Greengart’s Bar Mitzvah  Chanah & Joseph Hollander to commemorate the Yahrtzeit of Chanah’s father, Chaim ben Yehuda Leib, Z”L  Eva & Isaac Moses in honor of the Yahrtzeits of their grandparents, Leah bas Shneur Zalman and Yitzchak ben Naftali, Z”L  Lee & Craig Oppenheim on the Yahrzeit of Craig’s father, Yaakov ben Hershel on the 11th of Sivan and Lee’s Mother Chana Raizel bas Avraham HaLevi on 16th of Sivan, Z”L THE YISE MEANINGFUL TEFILAH PROJECT NEW! Videos of the following classes are now available on YouTube (search Meaningful Tefi lah Project) and soon on yise.org.

Practical Steps to More Meaningful Prayer, 3 videos, a workshop with Rabbi Rosenbaum, Rabbi Menachem Goldberger and members of the community Ashrei/Pesukei D’Zimra, 3 sessions with Rabbi Rosenbaum Better Kavanah, with Rabbi Hirsh Chinn Going Deep: The Meaning of the Amidah, 6 sessions with Rabbi Rosenbaum Going Deep: The Meaning of the Shema, 3 sessions, with Rabbi Rosenbaum The Meaning of Hallel, 3 sessions with Rabbi Rosenbaum A Deep Dive into Hallel, 3 sessions with Mrs. Sharon Freundel Selichos Explained, with Rabbi Rosenbaum and Marty Jacobs Tefi lah: Your Personal Stairway to Heaven, 3 sessions with Mrs. Sharon Freundel Pre-Selichos Drasha: L’David Ori, with Mrs. Sharon Freundel Yom Kippur Viduy, with Rabbi Rosenbaum Be a Better Ba’al Tefi lah, 8 sessions with Rabbi Ozzie Burnham covering and Yom Tov davening, plus introductory session with Rabbi Rosenbaum

Escape your Personal Prison Through Prayer, with Rabbi Yosef Mendelevich

Audio versions of many of these classes, plus additional classes, are also available at yise.org: Click on the “LEARN/Shiurim” button, then click “Tefi lla”

To support further classes by the Meaningful Tefi lah Project, please email [email protected] or send contributions to the shul offi ce marked for “Meaningful Tefi lah.” Sponsored by Ari and Esther Jacobs Likutei Divrei Torah in memory of Ari's father, Al Jacobs a"h, Gleanings of Divrei Torah on Parashat Hashavuah (Alter Gavriel Dov Ben Aharon Moshe Hacohen) via the Internet whose yahrzeit is 20 Sivan

Volume 26, Issue 31 Shabbat Parashat Naso 5780 - B”H

Covenant and Conversation: R. Jonathan Sacks deity. Therefore God – the true God – is not to be about the saint’s country and its defence? A saint Sages and Saints - Parshat Naso contains the law of found in the physical world and its enjoyments but may forgive all crimes committed against him. But the Nazirite – the individual who undertook to rather in disengagement from them. what then about the rule of law, and justice? Saints observe special rules of holiness and abstinence: not The two best-known movements to hold this view are supremely virtuous people, considered as to drink wine or other intoxicants (including were Gnosticism in the West and Manichaeism in the individuals. Yet you cannot build a society out of anything made from grapes), not to have his hair cut, East. So at least some of the negative evaluation of saints alone. Indeed, saints are not really interested and not to defile himself by contact with the dead. the Nazirite may have been driven by a desire to in society. They have chosen a different, lonely, self- Such a state was usually undertaken for a limited discourage Jews from imitating non-Jewish segregating path. I know no moral philosopher who period; the standard length was thirty days. There practices. strongly believes that God is to be makes this point as clearly as Maimonides – not were exceptions, most famously Samson and Samuel found in the midst of the physical world that He Plato or Aristotle, not Descartes or Kant. who, because of the miraculous nature of their birth, created that is, in the first chapter of Genesis, seven It was this deep insight that led Maimonides to his were consecrated before their birth as Nazirites for times pronounced “good.” It believes not in seemingly contradictory evaluations of the Nazirite. life. renouncing pleasure but in sanctifying it. The Nazirite has chosen, at least for a period, to What the Torah does not make clear, though, is What is much more puzzling is the position of adopt a life of extreme self-denial. He is a saint, a firstly why a person might wish to undertake this Maimonides, who holds both views, positive and chassid. He has adopted the path of personal form of abstinence, and secondly whether it negative, in the same book, his law code the perfection. That is noble, commendable, and considers this choice to be commendable, or merely Mishneh Torah. In Hilchot Deot, he adopts the exemplary. That is why Maimonides calls him permissible. On the one hand the Torah calls the negative position of R. Eliezer HaKappar: A person “praiseworthy” and “the equal of a prophet.” Nazirite “holy to God”. On the other, it requires him, may say: “Desire, honour, and the like are bad paths But it is not the way of the sage – and you need at the end of the period of his vow, to bring a sin to follow and remove a person from the world; sages if you seek to perfect society. The sage is not offering. therefore I will completely separate myself from an extremist – because he or she realises that there This led to an ongoing disagreement between the them and go to the other extreme.” As a result, he are other people at stake. There are the members of in Mishnaic, Talmudic, and medieval times. does not eat meat or drink wine or take a wife or live one’s own family as well as the others within one’s According to R. Elazar, and later to Nahmanides, the in a decent house or wear decent clothing…. This community. There are colleagues at work. There is a Nazirite is praiseworthy. He has voluntarily too is bad, and it is forbidden to choose this way. country to defend and a society to help build. The undertaken a higher level of holiness. The prophet Yet in Hilchot Nezirut he rules in accordance with sage knows he or she cannot leave all these Amos said, “I raised up some of your sons for the positive evaluation of R. Elazar: “Whoever vows commitments behind to pursue a life of solitary prophets, and your young men for Nazirites,” to God [to become a Nazirite] by way of holiness, virtue. In a strange way, saintliness is a form of self- suggesting that the Nazirite, like the prophet, is a does well and is praiseworthy…. Indeed Scripture indulgence. We are called on by God to live in the person especially close to God. The reason he had to considers him the equal of a prophet.” How does any world, not escape from it; in society not seclusion; to bring a sin offering was that he was now returning to writer come to adopt contradictory positions in a strive to create a balance among the conflicting ordinary life. His sin lay in ceasing to be a Nazirite. single book, let alone one as resolutely logical as pressures on us, not to focus on some while Eliezer HaKappar and Shmuel held the opposite Maimonides? neglecting the others. opinion. For them the sin lay in becoming a Nazirite The answer lies in a remarkable insight of Hence, while from a personal perspective the in the first place and thereby denying himself some Maimonides into the nature of the moral life as Nazirite is a saint, from a societal perspective he is, of the pleasures of the world God created and understood by Judaism. What Maimonides saw is at least figuratively, a “sinner” who has to bring an declared good. R. Eliezer added: “From this we may that there is not a single model of the virtuous life. atonement offering. infer that if one who denies himself the enjoyment of He identifies two, calling them respectively the way Maimonides lived the life he preached. We know wine is called a sinner, all the more so one who of the saint (chassid) and the way of the sage from his writings that he longed for seclusion. There denies himself the enjoyment of other pleasures of (chacham). were years when he worked day and night to write life.” The saint is a person of extremes. Maimonides his Commentary to the Mishnah, and later the Clearly the argument is not merely textual. It is defines chessed as extreme behaviour – good Mishneh Torah. Yet he also recognised his substantive. It is about asceticism, the life of self- behaviour, to be sure, but conduct in excess of what responsibilities to his family and to the community. denial. Almost every religion knows the strict justice requires. So, for example, “If one In his famous letter to his would-be translator Ibn phenomenon of people who, in pursuit of spiritual avoids haughtiness to the utmost extent and becomes Tibbon, he gives an account of his typical day and purity, withdraw from the pleasures and temptations exceedingly humble, he is termed a saint [chassid].” week – in which he had to carry a double burden as a of the world. They live in caves, retreats, hermitages, The sage is a different kind of person altogether. He world-renowned physician and an internationally monasteries. The Qumran sect known to us through or she follows the “golden mean,” the “middle way,” sought halachist and sage. He worked to exhaustion. the Dead Sea Scrolls may have been such a the way of moderation and balance. He or she avoids Maimonides was a sage who longed to be a saint, movement. the extremes of cowardice on the one hand, but knew he could not be, if he was to honour his In the Middle Ages there were Jews who adopted recklessness on the other, and thus acquires the responsibilities to his people. That is a profound and similar kinds of self-denial – among them the virtue of courage. He or she avoids miserliness in moving judgement, and one that still has the power Chasidei Ashkenaz, the Pietists of Northern Europe, one direction, prodigality in the other, and instead to inspire today. as well as many Jews in Islamic lands. In retrospect chooses the middle way of generosity. The sage Shabbat Shalom: Rabbi Shlomo Riskin it is hard not to see in these patterns of behaviour at knows the twin dangers of too much and too little, This week’s reading of Naso describes the “Sota,” least some influence from the non-Jewish excess and deficiency. He or she weighs the the woman who acts immodestly. At the very least, environment. The Chasidei Ashkenaz who flourished conflicting pressures and avoids the extremes. she sequesters herself alone with a man despite the during the time of the Crusades lived among self- These are not just two types of person but two ways fact that her husband warned her against seeing that mortifying Christians. Their southern counterparts of understanding the moral life itself. Is the aim of person. She therefore undergoes the test of the bitter may have been familiar with Sufism, the mystical the moral life to achieve personal perfection? Or is it waters. However, during the spring holiday period, movement in Islam. to create gracious relationships and a decent, just, we saw two other women – great heroines of our The ambivalence of Jews towards the life of self- compassionate society? The intuitive answer of most people, Esther (Purim) and Ruth (Shavuot) who also denial may therefore lie in the suspicion that it people would be to say: both. What makes commit immodest acts, for which they are entered Judaism from the outside. There were ascetic Maimonides so acute a thinker is that he realises that ultimately praised and through which salvation and movements in the first centuries of the Common Era you cannot have both – that they are in fact different in both the West (Greece) and the East (Iran) that enterprises. saw the physical world as a place of corruption and A saint may give all his money away to the poor. To sponsor an issue of Likutei Divrei Torah: strife. They were, in fact, dualists, holding that the But what about the members of the saint’s own Call Saadia Greenberg 301-649-7350 true God was not the creator of the universe. The family? They may suffer because of his extreme self- or email: [email protected] physical world was the work of a lesser, and evil, denial. A saint may refuse to fight in battle. But what http://torah.saadia.info 2 Likutei Divrei Torah redemption are brought about. Let us revisit their Judah the son of Jacob, had seduced her father-in- world, and that we aren’t like the beasts of the field, stories to see how they differ from that of the Sota. law in order to bear his seed. driven solely by our instincts. “Can the two walk Both heroines compromise their modesty and But Ruth is not satisfied. She understands that together unless they are in agreement?” perhaps even their chastity, Esther with Ahasuerus in Jewish eternity is linked to two crucial components: The three signs of nezirut – Naziritism – are the palace of the king and Ruth with Boaz on the Jewish seed in the . She doesn’t revealed in our Parsha: letting one’s hair grow wild – threshing floor in Efrat. Moreover, both of these consummate their relationship on the threshing floor; foregoing beauty and keeping away from carnal outstanding women hail from gentile countries of she asks him to “redeem” her, to buy back Naomi’s attractions; refraining from drinking wine – exile and one even from gentile stock: Esther from familial inheritance and to marry her “in accordance depriving oneself of the opportunity to become Persia and Ruth from Moab. with the law of Moses and Israel” so that her drunk and lose control over one’s evil inclination; But here is where the comparisons end. Although descendants can be Jews in the Jewish homeland. and taking on the prohibition of becoming impure each of these two women undergoes a profound, Through their actions, Esther succeeded in gaining for the dead – keeping away from soulless bodies. existential change, a switch in direction with a respite in persecution, which is the most we can Naziritism is when one deliberately and consciously profound ramifications, they part company in very hope for in galut (exile). Ruth succeeded in entering assumes an extreme state of abstinence and significant ways. Jewish eternity, the Abrahamic Covenant, and due to asceticism. The Torah uses phrasing that seems to Esther seems to have been an assimilating Jewess her compassionate righteousness and loving- suggest something that goes beyond the text – who was eager to become the Queen of Persia. She kindness toward Naomi she became the herald of “When [either a man or a woman] shall clearly utter used her Persian name – from the pagan goddess Jewish redemption. Her journey leads to the day a vow”, and our rabbis disagree over whether this Astarte – rather than her Hebrew name Hadassah; when the nations of the world will join the family of situation is ideal… she is taken for the nighttime beauty contest and Abraham, father of a multitude of nations. Rambam (Maimonides) contradicts himself in his undergoes a 12-month preparatory beauty treatment Dvar Torah: Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis comments on this issue. One the one hand, he calls a without protest. She even concurs with Mordecai The functioning of the community is reliant on every person who abstains from drinking wine “sacred”, (her cousin, or even perhaps her husband as the task, no matter how big or small… Whatever your while on another occasion, he states: midrash suggests) not to reveal her national heritage task is, you are important. We learn this from the Lest a person state that since envy, greed, honor (lest she be rejected on the grounds that she is Jewish commencement of parashat Nasso. The Torah gives and so forth are the ways of evil and they will – see the suggestion, albeit rejected by the Ibn Ezra). an instruction, “Nasso et rosh b’nei Gershon gam remove a person from this world, I will fully It is only when Mordecai publicly demonstrates in heim” – “take a census of the children of Gershon as separate myself from them and reach their utmost front of the king’s gate in sackcloth and ashes well”. Now why the “gam heim” – ‘them as well’? extreme in doing so, to the point that he will eat no against Haman’s decree to annihilate the Jews of As well as who? As well as what? meat, drink no wine, marry no woman, dwell in no Persia, bidding Esther to “come out of the closet,” as We need to view it within its context. You see, Levi comfortable quarters, dress in no proper clothes but it were, and go before the king on behalf of her had three sons – Gershon, Kehat and Merari. At the in a sack and coarse wool, and the like, as heathen people, that Esther puts her life on the line. By doing end of last week’s parasha of Bamidbar we read how priests do. This, too, is an evil way, and it is so, she becomes one of the greatest penitents of the children of Kehat, the second son, were given the forbidden to follow this path. He who does is called Jewish history. sacred task of transporting the Aron – the Ark of the a sinner… and the sages had forbidden this. The words Mordecai uses to convince Esther have covenant from place to place. At the beginning of There are two extreme ways of living in this world: reverberated throughout Jewish history: “Do not our parashat of Nasso we are told how his older living a life of spirituality while fully abstaining imagine in your soul that you will be able to escape brothers’ children, the children of Gershon, had the from any part of the material world through in the king’s palace any more than the rest of the responsibility of carrying the curtains and the asceticism, deprivation, and fasting, or giving one’s Jews. For if you persist in keeping silent at a time coverings and the hooks. animal inclination free reign and indulging in eating, like this, relief and deliverance will come to the Jews For them it must have appeared as if they were the drinking, sinning, etc. from another place, but you and your father’s house afterthought, they weren’t carrying anything I presume that most of us would automatically will perish. And who knows whether it was just for a important – they weren’t in the limelight! So Rav exclaim that one should follow the middle path, but time such as this that you attained the royal teaches us that the sedra opens by what is this “middle path”? Is it a point on the position”. saying ‘b’nei Gershon gam heim’ – they too are spectrum where we give up on spirituality, though The Jews in Shushan gather for three days of prayer important! They are just as important as the children we stop short of allowing ourselves to enjoy the and fasting, Esther persuades the king to allow the of Kehat, who are mentioned first only out of respect world we live in? Jews to protect themselves during the Persian to the Aron. I believe that we must be able to contain these two “pogrom” against them, Haman and his sons are I’d like to add that in fact, our tradition gives even opposite states within us and engage in a perpetual killed, and the Jewish community survives. greater prominence to the children of Gershon, dialogue between the two. These extreme ends are The rules that Hallel is not to be chanted on because it is with him that the sedra starts. Indeed, legitimate worldviews. They are antithetical yet Purim; since “we still remained slaves to Ahasuerus” we often find that people are far more familiar with complementary (or struggle against each other). We – and an Ahmadinejad can still become a the beginning of the sedra than with the middle or will find these contrasts in various forms, such as replacement for Haman. the end of it – and so we are giving a tribute to love and limits, material and spirituality, the pure Esther, was born of Jewish parents but married the Gershon by commencing the sedra with him, his and the impure, the sacred and the profane, or the gentile Ahasuerus: Ruth was a Moabite, she followed children and their role. Creator and the created. Naomi to the Land of Israel, changing Within our communities around the world, there are In Judaism, we have the commandment of yir’at geographically and existentially by converting to those who have titles, who stand on a platform or a Hashem – the fear of God – yet we are also expected Judaism. Her ancestor Lot had defected from stage and give a speech, there are those who are to say that the world was created for our sake, and Abraham when he left Israel and moved to Sodom, publicly thanked. But, in addition there are so many we therefore must toil to fix and enhance the now she repaired this by becoming a second wonderful, outstanding people – those who work in Creator’s creations, and complete them, so to say. Abraham. the office, those who prepare an event, those who There are religions that deify material possessions, Like our forefather, she left her birthplace and stuff envelopes, those who volunteer. and others that completely bar any form of homeland for the Land of Israel, a strange nation and There is no such thing as a menial task. Every materialism. Some religions will absolve anything the God of ethical monotheism. In her own words, single person’s work is of crucial importance for the through a cursory penance procedure, while others “Where you go, I will go” (to the Land of Israel) – functioning of the community and that is actually believe that only death will bring about forgiveness. “your nation will be my nation, your God shall be what makes a community – it’s the contribution of In Judaism, it’s a bit of both. The sacred and the my God”. absolutely everybody. profane coexist, as do wine and the Sabbath, the evil In the deepest sense, Ruth entered Abraham’s So the ‘Kehats’ of our community, perhaps they inclination and the means to succumb it, and the “Covenant between the Parts”. God promised have the Kodesh ha’Kodeshim and they stand in the understanding that a person may sins alongside the Abraham that he would be an eternal nation, his seed limelight. But the beginning of our parasha teaches knowledge that one has the power to correct and would never be destroyed and his descendants would us the importance of the ‘Gershons’ of our repent. live in their homeland, Israel and through this nation, community: ‘gam heim’ – they are just as important. These contrasts should maintain their character, and “all the families of the earth will be blessed”. This is Whatever your role is – thank you very much. not nullify themselves in the face of their far more than the survival of the Jews in Persia; this counterpart. By pairing contrasts and extreme ends, is world redemption. OTS Dvar Torah [Excerpt] - Yisrael Avital we create harmony – not by trying to approach some Hence Naomi sends Ruth to the threshing floor to Limitless Love? We ought to enjoy our good lives, kind of spineless “middle road” which is devoid of seduce Boaz, to bear his Jewish seed, just as Tamar, accept Hashem’s gifts every day, perpetually, and any character. It’s about finding the “golden mean”, the widowed daughter-in-law of Naomi’s ancestor thank Him for them. On the other hand, we should not embracing mediocrity. also remember that we were given a role in this The Letters from Our Sages Torah Volume 34, No. 32 This letter was written by R’ Shlomo Brevda z”l (1931-2013), a maggid / Spring 14 Sivan 5780 traveling preacher and prolific author. The letter excerpted here was written June 6, 2020 in 5722 (1962). After inquiring of your welfare with great love – Your dear letter, which brings joy to G-d and man, reached me. There are no words in my mouth, and certainly not in my pen, to convey how moved I am by the lofty thing to which you and your honorable wife have merited [the letter does not say what news the letter’s recipient had shared with R’ Brevda, but it appears to have been that the couple fulfilled some mission suggested by R’ Brevda]--the two of you, who opened your home so wide, making it a gathering place for Torah scholars, where men spoke to their friends about matters that stand at the pinnacle of the world, a gathering for the sake of Heaven, where the Shechinah resided; how good and how pleasant it is when brethren sit together. In our troubled and dark times, one cannot One of the laws in this week’s Parashah is that of the evaluate the resulting sanctification of G-d’s Name nor describe the “Nazir.” This section is introduced with the words: “Ish oh ishah importance of what you have done [by opening your home thus].   ki yafli” / “A man or a woman who shall disassociate In my opinion, the fact that you, my beloved friend, wrote to me himself . . .” R’ Avraham ibn Ezra z”l (1089-1164) observes that immediately, that very night, to tell me the [unspecified] good news, is the word “Yafli” also can mean: “Who does wonders.” He greater than any of the other good things you did that day and that night. explains that a Nazir, who disassociates him or herself from This is an example of an action which, by itself, seems trivial, but which, in wine, is doing something wondrous--unlike the typical person, fact, demonstrates hidden greatness. About this our Sages say, “There are who is controlled by the pursuit of pleasure. those who acquire their world in one hour.” R’ Simcha Bunim Alter z”l (1898-1992; fifth Gerrer Rebbe) There is a trait about which mussar scholars speak that is called being adds that the section of Nazir teaches us how G-d helps one a “Bar Samcha” / “a person of responsibility.” This is a person on whom the who undertakes to improve himself. Becoming a Nazir is a Torah can rely. Such a person is qualitatively different from other people, wondrous thing--indeed, it is nearly impossible to be around and about him our Sages say: “There is a presumption that a Shaliach / people who are enjoying normal pleasures and to refrain from agent accomplishes his Shelichut / mission.” Although many people partaking. Nevertheless, because the Nazir undertakes perform good deeds, only the smallest minority merit the title “Bar sincerely to be different, Hashem helps him. The Gerrer Rebbe Samcha.” These are people who fulfill every minute detail of what is asked adds: The same thing is true of any person who wants to of them and who get back with Zerizut / promptly to those who assigned change himself. Once one makes a sincere commitment to them their mission. To be such a person, one must very nearly accept a Naso change--even if change appears impossible--Hashem will help. yoke of slavery, the very opposite of the feeling that one is free to do as he This week’s Parashah is always read on either the Shabbat wishes. (Igrot Shlomo p.196) before or--more commonly--the Shabbat after Shavuot. The idea that Hashem desires our sincere commitments is closely Hamaayan / The Torah Spring tied to the holiday of the Giving of the Torah. How so? 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(Pardes Yosef)  3 2 “His offering was one silver bowl, its weight a hundred and thirty “They brought their offering before Hashem -- six covered wagons [Shekalim]; and one silver basin of seventy Shekalim of the sacred Shekel; and twelve oxen -- a wagon for each two leaders and an ox for each -- the two of them filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a meal-offering.” and they brought them before the Mishkan.” (7:3) (7:13) Midrash Bemidbar Rabbah teaches: “Until now, these oxen are still alive; The Aramaic translation and commentary Targum Yonatan writes that the they are not blemished, they have not aged, and they are not injured. They “silver bowl” had thick walls, while the “silver basin” had thin walls. are alive and well. Now, learn from a ‘Kal Va'chomer’: Man brought these R’ Eliyahu z”l (1720-1797; the Vilna Gaon) asks: How did the Targum Yonatan oxen close to Hashem to serve the Mishkan [through no initiative on the know this? He answers: oxen’s part], yet the oxen live forever as a result. All the more so, the Jewish The verse says, “the two of them [were] filled with fine flour,”but it does not say how much fine flour was in each. This implies that the two utensils held equal people, who [voluntarily] cling to Hashem [i.e., they merit eternal life]!” [Until amounts of flour; in other words, their interior volumes were the same. But, their here from Bemidbar Rabbah] weights were different -- one weighed 130 Shekalim, while the other weighed only Midrash Shocher Tov adds: “These oxen exist until the future in order to 70 Shekalim. Thus, we can infer that the heavier one had thick walls, while the collect from the wicked through them, as it is written (Tehilim 101:8), lighter one had thin walls. ‘La’bekarim I will cut down all the wicked of the land’.” [Until here from The Vilna Gaon notes that there are other verses in which the Torah mentions Midrash Shocher Tov; “La’bekarim” literally means “every morning,” but it “two” of something, and our Sages understand it to mean that the two things are also can mean “on account of the Bakar / cattle.”] equal (as the two utensils here had equal volumes). For example, in connection R’ Yeshayah Horowitz z”l (the Shelah Ha’kadosh; rabbi of Prague and with the Yom Kippur service in the Mishkan and Bet Hamikdash, we read (Vayikra Yerushalayim; died 1630) explains: The oxen referred to in our verse “collect 16:7), “He shall take the two he-goats . . . ,” and our Sages understand that they had from the wicked,” i.e., they indict the wicked. How so? Oxen are not to be equal in height, appearance, etc. In light of this, we understand why our commanded to perform any Mitzvot; nevertheless, because Man brought the Sages say that the sun and the moon originally were of the same size, for we read oxen in our verse close to Hashem to serve the Mishkan, they merited eternal (Bereishit 1:16), “Elokim made the two great luminaries . . .” life. How much more so does man have the potential for immortality, if not (Kol Eliyahu: Bereishit #2) for his sins. (Shnei Luchot Ha'brit: Bet David No.9) “On the seventh day, the leader of the children of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud.” (7:48) R’ Yitzchak Ze’ev Yadler z”l (1843-1917; Yerushalayim) notes that the R’ Shalom Rokeach z”l (1781-1855; first Belzer Rebbe) comments: The tribe immortality that man can attain is inherently different that which an ox can of Ephraim, descendants of Yosef, merited to bring its offering on the seventh day attain. Oxen have no intellect and no soul; therefore, they have no possibility of the inauguration, which fell on Shabbat, because Yosef kept Shabbat before the of an afterlife. An ox that becomes attached to spirituality can only be Torah was given. This is alluded to in the words spoken by Yosef (Bereishit 43:16), “rewarded” with eternal life in a physical form. “Have meat slaughtered, and prepare it.” Regarding Shabbat we also read (Shmot In contrast, man’s essence is his intellectual soul. Therefore, when man 16:5), “It shall be that on the sixth day when they prepare what they bring.” attains eternal life, it is his soul that lives, not his body. In fact, the separation (Lekket Imrei Kodesh) of the soul and the body is a necessary step in man’s “completion.” Only at the time of Techiyat Ha’meitim, when man’s body will be have been “When Moshe arrived at the Ohel Mo’ed to speak with Him [Hashem], he completely purified, will the soul and body be reunited, after which they will heard the Voice speaking to him from atop the Cover that was upon the Ark live together forever. (Tiferet Tziyon) of the Testimony, from between the two Keruvim, and He spoke to him.” (7:89) The oxen that the leaders of the Tribes brought were remarkable in R’ Yitzchak Arieli z”l (1896-1974; Mashgiach of Yeshivat Merkaz Harav; author of Enayim La’mishpat) writes: It is fitting that the Mishkan was dedicated other ways as well. R’ Shalom Meir Wallach shlita (, Israel) writes: in the month of Nissan, the month in which the Patriarch Avraham was born. As Two of the wagons mentioned in our verse, drawn by four oxen, transported our verse indicates, the Mishkan was the place from which prophecy emanated. the Kerashim and Adanim / the walls of the Mishkan across the desert. By Avraham was the first person to demonstrate the “legitimacy” of prophecy -- to estimating the weight of these items, we can determine that each ox pulled the extent that he was willing to offer his son Yitzchak as a sacrificial offering at a load of at least 25 tons [four or five times the load a normal ox pulls]. Such the behest of a prophecy. (Haggadah Shel Pesach Shirat Ha’geulah p.5) were the oxen the leaders brought! (Ma’ayan Ha’aggadah p.83) To provide greater exposure to primary Israeli news sources and opinions in order to become better informed on the issues, and to gain a better understanding of the wide range of perspectives that exist in Israeli society and politics. Issue 1210 • June 5, 2020 • 13 Sivan 5780 HALF OF ISRAELIS SUPPORT WEST BANK ANNEXATION, POLL FINDS The number has grown by more than 2,500 in the past 24 hours. (YNet 6/3/20) Since Tuesday, the number of students and teaching staff infected with the Half of Israelis support annexing parts of the occupied West Bank, although virus has reached 255; seven more schools have been closed due to they are divided over whether to take the step without U.S. support, an outbreaks, bringing the total to 43. opinion poll showed on Wednesday. The educational institution with the highest number of patients, the Gymnasia Some 25 percent of Israelis surveyed by the Israel Democracy Institute think- Rehavia in , was on Wednesday disinfected. At least 173 people tank said they want their government to apply sovereignty to Jewish with a direct link to the school, including staff, students and others, have settlements and the Jordan Valley in the West Bank even without backing contracted the virus. from Israel's closest ally. On Wednesday afternoon, a religious girl’s high school in Ashkelon was U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace includes closed after a student tested positive for coronavirus. Israel keeping most of its settlements in the West Bank, territory that Some 700 students and staff at Ulpana Tzvia have been told to go into Palestinians seek for a state. isolation for at least a week. Palestinians have rejected Trump's proposal. They and most countries Earlier Wednesday, authorities decided to expand the quarantine of seventh- consider Israel's settlements in the West Bank illegal. Israel disputes this. grade students at Makif Gimmel School in Be'er Sheva to all its students and Another quarter of the 771 Jewish and Arab Israelis polled preferred teaching staff. All the children attending al-Yakut kindergarten in Rahat have annexation only with Washington's backing, while another 30 percent also been placed in quarantine due to a case of coronavirus there. opposed the move entirely. The remaining 20 percent were undecided. Prime Minister has pledged to begin cabinet ISRAELIS HAVE HALTED PAYMENTS ON QUARTER OF HOME discussions on July 1 on extending Israeli sovereignty to Jewish settlements MORTGAGES AMID CORONAVIRUS SLUMP (Ha’aretz 6/2/20) and the Jordan Valley. Payments have been suspended on some 24% of mortgages in Israel as of This week, Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz ordered the military to begin the end of April, in the wake of the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus preparing for the consequences of annexation, which could stoke Palestinian pandemic. The crisis comes at a time when a record 1 million people have unrest though military sources say they have not received maps or any registered as unemployed. specific operational plans from the new minister. Some of the people who asked to freeze their mortgage payments did so as a precaution and not necessarily because they couldn’t afford it, said Tal Bar- PA REFUSES TAX REVENUES FROM ISRAEL (Arutz-7 6/4/20) El, head of mortgages at Bank Leumi. 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East Denver Orthodox Synagogue, CO Young Israel of Houston, TX Flatbush Park Jewish Center, Mill Basin, NY Young Israel of New Hyde Park, NY 7,500 ISRAELI STUDENTS, FACULTY IN QUARANTINE, 43 SCHOOLS Harvard University Library Young Israel of North Woodmere, NY Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, NY Young Israel of New Rochelle, NY CLOSED AS CORONAVIRUS SPREADS IN CLASS (YNet 6/3/20) Hillel at Baruch College Young Israel of Sharon, MA More than 7,500 Israeli students and faculty are currently in quarantine due YI Shomrai Emunah, Silver Spring, MD We encourage our readers to subscribe to our sources on the internet. For more information or to to exposure to the coronavirus, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. subscribe by e-mail, reach us at [email protected] 2 Some 92.4 billion shekels in mortgages are now frozen for three to six focusing on what is known as “micro-archaeology.” months. Up until now, an average of 10 billion shekels in mortgages, or 3%, Their team was able to identify charred ancient seeds in the mortar between was typically frozen at any given time. the stones, determine that that mortar was part of the original structure and The banks’ loan write-offs due to mortgage activity totaled 162 million not a later addition and analyze the material and the plaster in the D-REAMS shekels in the first quarter of 2020, four times the figure of the parallel quarter (Dangoor Research Accelerator Mass Spectrometer) lab, coming up with in 2019. However, this is only 7% of all credit-related losses, which totaled very accurate dating. 2.3 billion shekels. Most losses stemmed from sectors considered to be Uziel told the Post the arch still standing today was built in two phases. riskier, such as business and household loans. During the early Roman period, specifically under King Herod, the structure Despite the increase in unemployment banks still believe that their customers supported a bridge leading to the Temple Mount that was 7.5 meters wide. will do their utmost to pay off their mortgages and not lose their homes. Herod, who ruled over Judah in the second half of the 1st century BCE, was known for his construction activity, including the renovations of the Jerusalem JERUSALEM HOPES 'SILICON WADI' WILL CREATE 10,000 JOBS (Israel Temple. Hayom 6/2/20) A few decades later, the bridge was expanded to a width of 15 meters. The Jerusalem Municipality announced Monday evening that the first stage Also, the theater-like structure was determined to have been built at a very of the "Silicon Wadi" project, an initiative designed to set up industrial and significant time in the history of Jerusalem. business zones in the eastern half of the city and to strengthen the city's Arab “After Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 CE, the Romans left behind a legion to residents' confidence in local government, is underway. keep things quiet. Slowly the city began to develop as a settlement again and The Silicon Wadi project entails the construction of approximately 200,000 roughly around 130 was declared a Roman colony while its name was square meters (2.1 million square feet) of commercial area, with an emphasis changed in Elia Capitolina. We can date the structure to roughly the same on the high tech, trade, and hotel sectors. Among the goals of the initiative time,” Uziel said. are to create 10,000 jobs in , increasing the participation of The excavations in the area of Wilson’s Arch are ongoing but the idea is to east Jerusalem women in the job market, and to bolster support for the Israeli eventually open it up to the public, as part of the Western Wall Tunnel tour. school curriculum in east Jerusalem schools. Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion stated, "We are taking another step toward FIRST-GRADER FINDS PRICELESS 3,500-YEAR-OLD ARTIFACT (Israel implementing a historic plan in the east of the city and are bringing huge Hayom 5/26/20) economic news to Jerusalem and east Jerusalem in particular, by increasing A six-year-old boy made the discovery of a lifetime after unearthing a rare employment in high-tech." artifact thought to be more than 3,500 years old. "We will ensure that we include the leading companies in the market and the Last March, while touring the northern Negev archaeological site of Kibbutz best manpower in east Jerusalem. We will coordinate fully with planning, Re'im in Tel Jemmeh, six-year-old Imri Elya stumbled upon a small, square employment, and training bodies to create a true revolution and foster hope clay object with two figures engraved on it. in east Jerusalem," Lion said. Curious about the discovery, Elya's parents decided to send it to the Israel Antiquities Authority and the National Treasures Department for more NEW STUDY DATES TEMPLE ARCH AT 2,000-YEARS-OLD (JPost 6/3/20) answers. After photographing and documenting the artifact, archaeologists Two thousand years ago, Jewish worshipers walked on the Wilson’s Arch were surprised to realize that this was an extremely rare find. located to the left of the Western Wall to access the Holy Temple of According to the IAA, the object is a clay tablet depicting a captor leading a Jerusalem, researchers have revealed. naked and humiliated prisoner, dated to the Late Bronze Age between the The finding is part of the results of a project carried out in cooperation by the 12th and 15th centuries BCE. Israel Antiquities Authority, the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Tel Archaeologists note that during this period, the Egyptian Empire ruled Aviv University. Canaan. The latter was divided into city-states ruled by local kings. From The research also led to the discovery of a previously unknown theater-like letters sent by Canaanite kings of that period to Egypt, known as the El structure in the area, offering a new glimpse into the history of Jerusalem. Amarna letters, it is known that internal struggles and control conflicts existed Located inside the complex of the Western Wall tunnels, Wilson’s Arch is the between Canaanite cities. last prior to entering the Temple Mount and is named after the British "The scene depicted on the tablet is taken from descriptions of victory explorer Charles Wilson, who documented it in the 18th century. parades; hence the tablet should be identified as a story depicting the ruler's The issue of its dating had been debated by scholars for decades, with some power over his enemies. This opens a visual window to understanding the believing the arch was indeed built during the Second Temple period while struggle for dominance in the south of the country during the Canaanite others argued it was only erected around the 7th century. period," the IAA said in a statement. “We wanted to understand which opinion was right,” Uziel said. "Antiquities are our cultural heritage, and each find adds to the entire puzzle Directed by Uziel, as well as IAA archaeologists Tehillah Liberman and Dr. of the story of the Land," said Pablo Betzer, an IAA archaeologist. Avi Solomon, the excavations began in 2015, in cooperation with the Western "There is great importance in turning archaeological findings over to the Wall Foundation. The archaeologists worked on exposing the pier of the National Treasures Department to be researched and displayed for the entire arch, that is the wall that holds it up. public to enjoy. The delivery of the tablet to the Antiquities Authority indicates Uziel explained that the goal was to reach some form of floor, road or value education and good citizenship on the part of Imri and his parents." pavement: assessing when the support was built would have helped to date the arch itself. However, a different surprise was awaiting. IN 1950, BABY YAFFA WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL. SHE WAS “Instead of identifying the floor, we came across an incredible building, a RELEASED, BUT HER MOTHER WAS TOLD SHE HAD DIED (Ha’aretz theater-like structure which we believed was built after the arch, dismantling 6/4/20) the original pavement,” he pointed out. Israel's High Court of Justice has refused to order police to investigate the The team therefore needed to find a different method to reach a dating. disappearance of a six-month-old baby of Iranian immigrants in 1950, whose “This is where the cooperation with the Weizmann Institute began,” he said. story resembles reports of mass disappearances of Yemenite children in the The researchers from the Weizmann’s Scientific Archaeology Unit have been state's early days. For 70 years, her siblings have been trying to find out what 3 became of her. if only slightly, correct the injustice done as long as there’s any chance of Yaffa Malairy was admitted to a government hospital in Haifa ‒ today finding the missing children alive.” Rambam Medical Center ‒ in 1950. A few days after the infant’s In their ruling, the justices responded: “Resolving the doubts would ease hospitalization, her mother was told she had died. But the hospital’s visit people’s minds, and we wish we were capable of giving the petitioners this summary said she had “left the ward in generally good condition.” comfort. But because we find no unreasonableness or any other legal flaw in In a ruling issued this week, the court said in regard to the child’s siblings, the police’s decision, we can do nothing but reject the petition.” “With all our understanding of the pain and doubts that still accompany them Nevertheless, they acknowledged that “the visit summary proves that Yaffa about their sister’s fate,” there is no justification for overruling the police’s was released from the hospital alive, healthy and in good condition; she decision not to investigate the case. The ruling also noted that three wasn’t dead or buried as her parents were told. Given this, and noting the commissions of inquiry have investigated the disappearance of children of lack of an adoption file, the parents concluded that Yaffa was kidnapped and Yemenite immigrants in the 1950s, and none had recommended opening a her identity changed by the kidnapper.” criminal investigation into the affair. The Amram Association protested the court’s decision, saying, “even in a Yaffa’s story is similar to that of many of missing Yemenite children. case where the documents show that the baby was released from the However, the authorities haven’t been able to find any clues as to what hospital in good condition and that state representatives lied to the family became of her, such as a death certificate, an adoption certificate or when they said she had died, to this day the state and various agencies – the gravesite, whereas they have found such documents for other families police, the prosecution and the High Court – aren’t capable of giving the searching for lost children. family relief and assistance. Had there been institutional recognition of the The visit summary said that Yaffa, whose parents Tzipporah and Mordechai injustice [done to] the families and institutionalized methods for reparation moved to Israel in 1950, was hospitalized on July 3 of that year in pediatric and healing, perhaps the state would have seen fit to try to find Yaffa Malairy, ward A. According to the petition, her mother visited her the next day, but a and thereby tried, even if belatedly, to correct the unbearable injustice done few days later, when she came to visit again, she was told that her child had her family.” died and been buried. “The mother’s question about the site of the grave wasn’t answered,” the petition added. ISRAELI FILMS INCLUDED IN CANNES OFFICIAL LINEUP (JPost 6/3/20) In 2000, the family requested and received the visit summary that the The Cannes Film Festival, one of the most important in the world, will not hospital had issued on July 16, 1950, which said she had been released in a take place as usual this year, due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but it healthy condition. In 2018, after the state opened its archives regarding announced the lineup for its 73rd edition on Wednesday evening and two Yemenite children, the siblings asked the Interior and Social Affairs Ministries Israeli films have made the cut. for any information they had about Yaffa. Being selected for the festival this year means that the film can be promoted They were aided by the Amram Association, an organization that helps as an “Official Cannes Selection,” which confers prestige and can help the families, who immigrated to Israel shortly after the state’s establishment in film acquire distribution and attract audiences. Fifty-six films were chosen 1948, to investigate the disappearance of their children. out of more than 2,000 submissions. The ministries told the siblings they had no death certificate for Yaffa, and Among the Israeli films selected is Nir Bergman’s fifth film, Here We Are, the she was not listed as deceased in the Population Registry. But as the court story of a man who plans to put his autistic son into an institution and at the noted in its ruling, there were also no other documents in her file at the last minute goes on an unplanned journey with him. It stars Shai Avivi, Noam Interior Ministry, such as an identity card or passport, nor was there any Imber, Smadar Wolfman and Efrat Ben-Zur. Bergman’s films, Broken Wings evidence that she had been adopted by another family. and Intimate Grammar, both won the Grand Prix at the Tokyo International Based on this information, the siblings asked the police to open an Film Festival but this is his first film at Cannes. investigation into Yaffa’s whereabouts, saying she might have been Bergman said in a statement, "It's incredibly exciting even though the festival kidnapped from the hospital. But the police refused, citing the long period of will not take place in its usual form. We are happy that this is the beginning of time that had passed since she disappeared and the fact that most of the the film’s journey and hope that the cinemas will open soon and we can people involved were deceased. present it to audiences.” The Amram Association said it isn’t aware of any other families asking police Dani Rosenberg’s film, The Death of Cinema and My Father Too, has also to investigate such a case. been accepted into Cannes. It is a highly person story of his relationship with The state, in its response to the petition, sided with the police. “The statute of his father, their love of cinema and his father’s illness. It stars Marek limitations on the crime, if there was one, elapsed decades ago,” its brief Rozenbaum, one of Israel’s most accomplished movie producers, as the said. “And after 70 years, it’s hard to probe the allegations through a police father and journalist/actor Roni Kuban as the son. investigation.” Cannes has always been welcoming to Israeli films. Among the most However, the brief acknowledged that the commissions investigating the prestigious awards won by Israeli films in the past are the Best Screenplay disappearance of the Yemenite children had found cases in which children Award for Joseph Cedar’s Footnote in 2011 and the Best Actress Award for were released from the hospital and sent to an orphanage or put up for Hanna Laslo in Amos Gitai’s Free Zone in 2005. adoption “due to the absence of their parents,” and “such proceedings sometimes weren’t properly documented.” NASRALLAH'S PROBLEMS KEEP MOUNTING (Smadar Perry, YNet In 2019, Yaffa’s siblings petitioned the court, arguing that “solving this 5/31/20) particular case could be a breakthrough to solving the case of the kidnapped Half a year after assuming the position of the prime minister, Lebanon's Yemenite children in its entirety.” That’s because unlike in similar cases, Hassan Diab visited United Nations peacekeepers in the country's south near there’s an official state document attesting to Yaffa’s release, but no death or the border with Israel last Wednesday. This visit did not surprise Israel which adoption certificate, attorney Yishai Sarid wrote in the petition. decided not to interfere. The police’s decision not to investigate, the petition added, “ignores the great Diab, calm and calculated in his words, cited the United Nations Security public interest in holding an investigation – the open wound constituted by Council Resolution 1701, which brought the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war to an the disappearance of children of immigrant families in the state’s early years end, and claimed his country safeguards the sovereignty of both nations. and the narrow window of historical opportunity in which the state could, even Diab did not mention Hezbollah's repeated violations and immediately 4 accused Israel of relentlessly trying to "shake up his country's stability." health officials to send everyone home to resume classes via Zoom – just like This is how it works: A day before the prime minister's visit, Hezbollah during the good old days less than a month ago. Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah accused Israel and the United States of Kids were honest about how this happened. Few adhered to social- pressuring UN peacekeeper, UNIFIL, to further expand its mandate in distancing and mask-wearing regulations. Many greeted one another with southern Lebanon. hugs and kisses. The general feeling among all was that the crisis was over. Nasrallah essentially said that Hezbollah doesn't care about UNIFIL's The thousands of beach-goers who descended upon the shores of the involvement and will keep protecting Lebanon against "Israeli takeover Mediterranean as soon as the government lifted restrictions on doing so attempts." exhibited a similar sense of freedom from lockdown bondage. Ditto for the Hezbollah's strongest presence, through armed guards and agents in civilian diners and partiers who piled in to cafes, restaurants, bars and nightclubs clothing, is set at Beirut International Airport. No one can come in and out with great fervor, but little attention to the government's frequent urgent without their identity checked by the terror group, and anyone whose name requests to practice social distancing, wash hands and wear masks. sets off a red flag is in for trouble. Hezbollah is looking for Israeli "agents" or The most striking aspect of the sharp spike in infection – which, so far, has "envoys", as well as a host of other foreign figures against whom not led to a corresponding rise in the number of deaths – is the response to it interrogation warrants have been issued. on the part of the mainstream media and Twittersphere. Though many However, Lebanon is in dire need of financial aid and the situation only pundits have been opining that "we reopened the economy too soon," worsened due to the coronavirus outbreak. Tens of thousands of newly nobody is faulting a particular religious or socioeconomic demographic. unemployed civilians took to the streets to protest against the government Some critics attack the young for being selfish and clueless, thus and the political echelon's corruption. endangering the lives of their elders with pre-existing medical conditions. It's enough to take one look at the lavish abodes of each one of the Others vocalize a general dim view of Israeli culture, in which rule breaking is government ministers to get a sense of how things are running. a badge of honor – or at least a sign of cool rebelliousness and an assertion The defense minister and Prime Minister Diab's deputy, Zeina Akar, lives in a of independence over authority figures. spacious house right next to his predecessor Saad Hariri's palatial villa. But no one has mentioned that the people causing the current uptick in When she assumed the senior position after Hariri resigned earlier this year, COVID-19 cases are secular Israelis. You know, the ones who adhere even his security personnel were transferred to her. less to Jewish law than they do to pandemic regulations. Meanwhile, no one believes the virus figures Beirut had released. As of One need not imagine the kind of epithets that would be flying through the air Saturday, there are 1,172 confirmed cases, a few dozen patients in serious right now – faster than coronavirus droplets – if the transgressors in question condition, and minimal casualties. were members of the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) community. No, that scenario Let us not forget the aerial convoy that landed from Iran, filled with has been an integral part of the blame game since the deadly virus first coronavirus patients who came to receive medical treatment in Lebanon in reared its microbes in the Jewish state. the early days of the pandemic. No one knows how many of them had died, As soon as Israelis started getting sick and dying, the Haredim became both how many Lebanese citizens they may have infected, or how many were the face of the tragedy and the culprits behind its spread. Rather than hospitalized. examining and trying to empathize with the key reasons for the high rate of The difficult economic situation created a new reality in which Hezbollah infection among the ultra-Orthodox – such as the large size of nuclear fighters mingle with Christian demonstrators and Sunni Muslims in the families living in cramped quarters, and a lack of access to news via TV and streets. Everyone is looking to make a living, they all come from hungry the Internet – the country turned on them as the perfect scapegoat for its families and can't see a solution up ahead. frustration and fear of getting ill. The protesters hope for the international aid to come, but France is dealing Even when the massive education campaign in haredi-majority areas proved with its own virus outbreak, Saudi Arabia is keeping a safe distance, and successful – with the added benefit of bringing Germany mounts more conditions regarding Hezbollah's involvement. soldiers and black hats together in a touching show of mutual kindness and Between the battle against the virus and the economic crisis, Nasrallah has admiration – the media played up every subsequent violation displayed by been losing his grip. His part in the organization diminishes, and operational the disobedient minority. decisions, if there are any in these times, have been made by Iran. Following the Lag B'Omer holiday last month, for instance, news sites Nasrallah has been sitting in his hideout with plenty of time to read highlighted every ultra-Orthodox bonfire with dramatic headlines while giving translations to Israeli news, write down notes, and utter them in his recorded a perfunctory nod to the fact that most of the community stayed at home. speeches. The enmity towards the Haredim is not restricted to secular Israelis. On the Beirut has barely shown any interest in the Shi'ite leader, other Arab contrary, the country's national-religious community is often even angrier at countries only remember him vaguely, and only Israel still listens to him. He their extremist co-religionists for opposing military service and, in case of knows perfectly well that Israel can eliminate him at any given moment, and some sects, for rejecting altogether. why it doesn't even bother to do so. Ironically, secular Israelis rarely can distinguish between one group of Haredim and another, treating them as a homogenous bunch. But then, few OWING THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX AN APOLOGY (Ruthie Blum, Israel people are as judgmental and discriminatory as those who fancy themselves Hayom 6/3/20) to be truly "enlightened." Two weeks after Israel gradually reopened its education system, students This brings us back to the new outbreak of COVID-19, which has struck not and teachers around the country came down with the coronavirus, forcing the ultra-Orthodox, but their oh-so-liberal counterparts. thousands of their peers and family members into quarantine. Suddenly, the discussion is no longer about the identity of the coronavirus The main hotspot has been the Jerusalem high school, Hagymnasia Haivrit, carriers. Indeed, no accusations are being flung at them for the way in which in the capital's Rechavia neighborhood, which had to shut down due to the they choose to observe their Judaism. more than 130 adults and teenagers who tested positive to COVID-19. Nor are the hip Israelis who flouted the directives to such an extent that the More than 17 additional schools also closed, some by ministerial order, and a government may have to reinstate temporary closures apologizing to the few by parental decree. Haredim, whom they previously vilified for the same behavior. If the trend continues, the Education Ministry may succumb to pressure from Let the rest of us do it for them, then, while hanging our heads in shame. Naso 5780

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Uniquely Identical Presented by Rabbi Moshe Sadwin, Kollel Adjunct From our archives The latter part of our Parsha describes the offerings of the Nesi’im (tribal princes) that were brought in dedication of the Mishkan. The Torah describes each Nasi’s offering in great detail, listing exactly which animals and other gifts he brought. Upon closer look, however, it is apparent that each Nasi brought the same exact tribute. In that case, why was the Torah compelled to describe the offerings of each individual Nasi as if they were unique - it would have sufficed to describe the offering once for everyone?

The Chofetz Chaim explains that each Nasi could have tried to bring a more lavish tribute than his fellow Nasi. Perhaps they even contemplated bringing their own unique offerings, but eventually they decided to bring identical gifts. They collectively decided to put aside their personal ambitions and instead chose to honor and respect their peers by not trying to outdo each other, which would inevitably lead to jealousy and bitterness.

Hashem was so pleased by their actions that He recorded each Nasi’s individual contribution, despite its repetition, to display His pleasure in their selfless decision. Their selflessness and desire to act for the common good actually afforded them even more honor. We see from this episode just how much Hashem cherishes when individuals get along with one another and stay far away from scenarios that may lead to contention. We, too, must learn to emulate the actions of those Jewish leaders and choose behaviors that will only bring us closer together. Wishing you a Good Shabbos!

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Point to Ponder Parsha Riddle May Hashem bless you and safeguard you. (’s At what other point in the year do we read from Blessing - 6:24) Parshas Naso? Safeguard you from the Evil Inclination. (Midrash

Agadda) Please see next week’s issue for the answer. Everything is in the Hand of Heaven, besides fear of

Heaven. (Berachos 33a) Last week’s riddle: Where is the boundlessness of the Torah hinted to in Akdomus (read on The only one responsible to ensure we fear Hashem, and Shavuos morning)? thereby stay away from sin, is ourselves, not Hashem. Answer: The letter Aleph and Taf which are at the end of each line refer Why do the kohanim bless the people that Hashem to the fact that the Torah is all encompassing, just as these letters bookend the Aleph Bais. should protect them from the Evil Inclination?

In parashas Naso, Hashem instructs Moshe to command Aharon and his sons to Who Am I? bless the Children of Israel, in the ritual generally known as birchas kohanim or nesias kapayim. The Torah does not specify when the kohanim are to do this, but the Talmud specifies that they are to do so during the prayers of shacharis, mussaf, #1 WHO AM I ? and ne’ilah (and minchah on certain fast days). (Taanis 26) 1. I am a crown. For more than seven centuries, the Ashkenazic custom in the Diaspora has been to limit the practice to holidays (and the Sabbath, in some versions). Various 2. I am a vow. rationales for this custom have been offered, although none are entirely 3. I prevent intoxication. satisfactory; following are some of these, along with their weaknesses: 4. I am separated. • Inconvenience to the congregation (Kolbo). It is very difficult to understand why the relatively minor inconvenience of birchas kohanim constitutes

sufficient grounds to neglect a Biblical mitzvah. #2 WHO AM I ?

• The kohanim would immerse themselves before birchas kohanim, and this 1. I am to turn.

was difficult to do daily during the winter (Maharil). This is problematic, since 2. Some spell me with a “Samech.” immersion is not actually required, so it seems perverse to abandon the mitzvah due to the difficulty of abiding by a mere stringency. (Beis Yosef OC 3. Some spell me with a “Sin.” end of siman 128) 4. I may have done the above. • Birchas kohanim should be performed in a state of joy, and the regnant economic hardship in our societies engenders a perpetual state of anxiety and

stress. The blessing is therefore reserved for holidays, when we are Last Week’s Answers commanded to rejoice. (Darchei Moshe ibid.) Once again, it is difficult to #1 Shloshes Yimei Hagbala (3 days before understand why a concern for an ideal state of joy is sufficient basis to neglect a Biblical mitzvah. Matan Torah) (We are “fence” days, On us all • A non-kohein may not perform nesias kapayim, and our traditions of kehunah may shave, On us all purified themselves, Get ready status are unreliable. The ritual is nevertheless performed on holidays, in for the Torah.) #2 Shavuos (I am weeks, I am order that kohanim not forget their (presumptive) kehunah status and neglect milky way, You sleep less on me, I am after seven to observe the attendant prohibitions (in which they are still obligated, sevens.) despite the unreliability of our traditions). (Beis Efraim OC siman 6) The raffle Sephardim (and even Ashkenazim in Israel) generally perform nesias kapayim has been daily, and even many Ashkenazic authorities have acknowledged that that custom postponed until Visit gwckollel.org to submit your answers. after the shuls is admirable and more logical than the Ashkenazic one, although they have are reopened. nevertheless been generally reluctant to abandon the venerable Ashkenazic Answer as many as you can. We are still tradition. (Shulchan Aruch Harav seif 57; Mishneh Berurah s.k. 164; Aruch Each correct answer will entitle you accepting Hashulchan seif 64) to another raffle ticket and increase entries to the raffle. your chances of winning!

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